Polish

//ˈpoʊlɪʃ//

Synonyms for "polish" (258 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (52)

Related words (129)

glow good breeding good taste grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness grind hone illuminate improve kill ladylikeness language lawn-roller learn limpidity liquidate lucidity

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Verb(10 words)

hone perfect polish up round round off smoothen sophisticate top off wax work over

Noun(8 words)

panache polish language sheen shine shininess smoothness style wax

Adjective(3 words)

polandish polonian polono

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

27 entries

Slavic Slavic language Slavonic Slavonic language ameliorate amend beautify better effulgence embellish fancify flawlessness formulation hone improve meliorate

Showing 16 of 27 words.

Antonyms

5 entries

dull roughen scour scuff tarnish

Synonyms

7 entries

class elegance finish hone panache refinement wax

Related terms

7 entries

Middle Polish Old Polish Pole Wikibooks:Polish language course Wiktionary’s coverage of Polish terms polissoir polite

at location

3 entries

garage shoe table

capable of

2 entries

perfect carving shine metal

derived

51 entries

French polish Polglish Polish Lowland Sheepdog Polish Messianism Polish fire drill Polish notation Polish overdrive Polish victory lap Polishness Ponglish anti-Polish apple-polish depolish electropolish expolish furniture polish

Showing 16 of 51 words.

distinct from

3 entries

german hungarian ukrainian

entails

1 entries

rub

is a

8 entries

formulation language perfection person polish person radiance slavic smoothness

manner of

3 entries

beautify better perfect

related to

266 entries

action adjective afterwards agent apple polish apply beauty beauty product black black goo black stuff boots bottle bright brighter buff

Showing 16 of 266 words.

used for

1 entries

cleaning

Translations

414 translations across 111 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

Pools adj (of Poland or its language)
Pools noun (the language of Poland)

Albanian

4 entries

polak adj (of Poland or its language)
polake adj (of Poland or its language)
gjuha polake noun (the language of Poland)
polonisht noun (the language of Poland)

Arabic

4 entries

بُولَنْدِيّ adj (of Poland or its language)
بُولَنْدِيّ adj (of Poland or its language)
بُولَنْدِيَّة noun (the language of Poland)
بُولَنْدِيَّة noun (the language of Poland)

Armenian

4 entries

լեհական adj (of Poland or its language)
լեհերեն adj (of Poland or its language)
լաք noun (substance used to polish)
լեհերեն noun (the language of Poland)

Aromanian

2 entries

puluneascã adj (of Poland or its language)
pulunescu adj (of Poland or its language)

Asturian

2 entries

polacu adj (of Poland or its language)
polacu noun (the language of Poland)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

polyak adj (of Poland or its language)
polyak noun (the language of Poland)
polyak dili noun (the language of Poland)

Basque

1 entries

poloniera noun (the language of Poland)

Bavarian German

1 entries

poinisch noun (the language of Poland)

Belarusian

3 entries

по́льскі adj (of Poland or its language)
по́льская noun (the language of Poland)
по́льская мо́ва noun (the language of Poland)

Bengali

3 entries

পোলীয় adj (of Poland or its language)
লেহিস্তানী adj (of Poland or its language)
লেহিস্তানী noun (the language of Poland)

Breton

3 entries

polonek adj (of Poland or its language)
poloniat adj (of Poland or its language)
poloneg noun (the language of Poland)

Bulgarian

4 entries

по́лски adj (of Poland or its language)
блясък noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
гланц noun (substance used to polish)
лак noun (substance used to polish)

Burmese

1 entries

ပိုလန် adj (of Poland or its language)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

по́льскый adj (of Poland or its language)

Catalan

4 entries

polonès adj (of Poland or its language)
poliment noun (substance used to polish)
polonès noun (the language of Poland)
polir verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Chechen

2 entries

польшин adj (of Poland or its language)
полякийн мотт noun (the language of Poland)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

波蘭的 /波兰的 adj (of Poland or its language)
波蘭語 /波兰语 noun (the language of Poland)
擦亮 verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Church Slavic

1 entries

пол҄ьскъ adj (of Poland or its language)

Cornish

2 entries

polonek adj (of Poland or its language)
Polonek noun (the language of Poland)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

Leh adj (of Poland or its language)

Czech

4 entries

polský adj (of Poland or its language)
leštidlo noun (substance used to polish)
polština noun (the language of Poland)
leštit verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Danish

4 entries

polsk adj (of Poland or its language)
elegance noun (cleanliness in performance or presentation)
forfinelse noun (cleanliness in performance or presentation)
glans noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)

Dutch

4 entries

Pools adj (of Poland or its language)
Pools noun (the language of Poland)
glans noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
poets noun (substance used to polish)

East Central German

1 entries

pulsch adj (of Poland or its language)

Esperanto

4 entries

pola adj (of Poland or its language)
pollanda adj (of Poland or its language)
pollingva adj (of Poland or its language)
pola noun (the language of Poland)

Estonian

2 entries

poola adj (of Poland or its language)
poola noun (the language of Poland)

Farefare

2 entries

pola adj (of Poland or its language)
polne noun (the language of Poland)

Faroese

2 entries

pólskur adj (of Poland or its language)
pólskt noun (the language of Poland)

Finnish

4 entries

puolalainen adj (of Poland or its language)
(shininess) kiilto noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
kiillote noun (substance used to polish)
kiillotusaine noun (substance used to polish)

French

4 entries

polonais adj (of Poland or its language)
polonais noun (the language of Poland)
vernis noun (substance used to polish)
polir verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Galician

4 entries

polaco adj (of Poland or its language)
polonés adj (of Poland or its language)
polaco noun (the language of Poland)
lustrar verb (to apply shoe polish)

Georgian

4 entries

პოლონელი adj (of Poland or its language)
პოლონური adj (of Poland or its language)
პოლონური noun (the language of Poland)
პოლონური ენა noun (the language of Poland)

German

4 entries

polnisch adj (of Poland or its language)
Glanz noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
Politur noun (substance used to polish)
Polnisch noun (the language of Poland)

Greek

4 entries

πολωνέζικος adj (of Poland or its language)
πολωνικός adj (of Poland or its language)
πολωνέζικα noun (the language of Poland)
πολωνικά noun (the language of Poland)

Greenlandic

1 entries

polenimiutut noun (the language of Poland)

Hawaiian

1 entries

Pōlani adj (of Poland or its language)

Hebrew

4 entries

פּוֹלָנִי adj (of Poland or its language)
פולנית noun (the language of Poland)
לִטֵּשׁ verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
מֵרֵק verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Hindi

2 entries

पोलिश adj (of Poland or its language)
पोलिश noun (the language of Poland)

Hungarian

4 entries

lengyel adj (of Poland or its language)
lengyel noun (the language of Poland)
fényez verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
kifényesít verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Icelandic

2 entries

pólskur adj (of Poland or its language)
pólska noun (the language of Poland)

Ido

3 entries

briligar verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
cirajizar verb (to apply shoe polish)
polisar verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Indonesian

2 entries

bahasa Polandia noun (the language of Poland)
poles noun (substance used to polish)

Interlingua

4 entries

polac adj (of Poland or its language)
polonese adj (of Poland or its language)
polonese noun (the language of Poland)
furbir verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Irish

3 entries

Polannach adj (of Poland or its language)
Polainnis noun (the language of Poland)
snas noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)

Italian

4 entries

polacco adj (of Poland or its language)
brillantezza noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
cera noun (substance used to polish)
levigatezza noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)

Japanese

4 entries

ポーランドの adj (of Poland or its language)
つや noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
ポーランド語 noun (the language of Poland)
光沢 noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)

Kashubian

2 entries

pòlsczi adj (of Poland or its language)
pòlsczi jãzëk noun (the language of Poland)

Kazakh

3 entries

поляк adj (of Poland or its language)
поляк тілі noun (the language of Poland)
полякша noun (the language of Poland)

Khmer

4 entries

ប៉ូឡូញ adj (of Poland or its language)
ខាត់ verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
បង្ខាត់ verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
ពួត verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Korean

4 entries

뽈스까의 adj (of Poland or its language)
폴란드의 adj (of Poland or its language)
폴란드어 noun (the language of Poland)
닦다 verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

поляк adj (of Poland or its language)

Lao

1 entries

ໂປແລັນ adj (of Poland or its language)

Latin

2 entries

Polonicus adj (of Poland or its language)
poliō verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Latvian

4 entries

polisks adj (of Poland or its language)
poļu adj (of Poland or its language)
poļu noun (the language of Poland)
poļu valoda noun (the language of Poland)

Lithuanian

4 entries

lenkiškas adj (of Poland or its language)
lenkų adj (of Poland or its language)
lenkiškai noun (the language of Poland)
lenkų noun (the language of Poland)

Low German

1 entries

Poolsch noun (the language of Poland)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

pólski adj (of Poland or its language)
pólšćina noun (the language of Poland)

Macedonian

2 entries

полски adj (of Poland or its language)
полски noun (the language of Poland)

Malay

1 entries

bahasa Poland noun (the language of Poland)

Maltese

2 entries

Pollakk adj (of Poland or its language)
Pollakk noun (the language of Poland)

Mapudungun

1 entries

pulska dungun noun (the language of Poland)

Marathi

2 entries

पोलिश adj (of Poland or its language)
पोलिश noun (the language of Poland)

Mingrelian

1 entries

პოლონური ნინა noun (the language of Poland)

Moksha

1 entries

польшань noun (the language of Poland)

Mongolian

1 entries

польш adj (of Poland or its language)

Māori

4 entries

whakamaheni verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
whakamahine verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
whakapiata verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
whakapīrata verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Navajo

2 entries

Póolish Dineʼé bizaad noun (the language of Poland)
náyiishį́į́h verb (to apply shoe polish)

Nepali

1 entries

पोलिश noun (the language of Poland)

Norman

2 entries

bliatchinner verb (to apply shoe polish)
poli verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

polsk adj (of Poland or its language)
polsk noun (the language of Poland)
polere verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
pusse verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

polsk adj (of Poland or its language)
polsk noun (the language of Poland)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

польскъ adj (of Poland or its language)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

له adj (of Poland or its language)
مهرهلمك verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Pashto

1 entries

پولنډی adj (of Poland or its language)

Persian

4 entries

لهستانی adj (of Poland or its language)
لهستانی noun (the language of Poland)
پولیش noun (substance used to polish)
پولیش کردن verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries

Poelish adj (of Poland or its language)

Polish

4 entries

polski adj (of Poland or its language)
język polski noun (the language of Poland)
pasta do polerowania noun (substance used to polish)
polszczyzna noun (the language of Poland)

Portuguese

4 entries

polaco adj (of Poland or its language)
polonês adj (of Poland or its language)
cera noun (substance used to polish)
graxa noun (substance used to polish)

Romanian

4 entries

leah adj (of Poland or its language)
leahă adj (of Poland or its language)
leși adj (of Poland or its language)
polon adj (of Poland or its language)

Russian

4 entries

по́льский adj (of Poland or its language)
по́льский noun (the language of Poland)
полирова́ть verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)
шлифова́ть verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Sanskrit

1 entries

घर्षति verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Scots

1 entries

Pols noun (the language of Poland)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

Pòlainneach adj (of Poland or its language)
Pòlainnis noun (the language of Poland)
lìomh noun (substance used to polish)
lìomh verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pȍljskī adj (of Poland or its language)
по̏љскӣ adj (of Poland or its language)
pȍljskī noun (the language of Poland)
по̏љскӣ noun (the language of Poland)

Silesian

3 entries

polski adj (of Poland or its language)
polsko adj (of Poland or its language)
polsko godka noun (the language of Poland)

Slovak

3 entries

poľský adj (of Poland or its language)
poľský noun (the language of Poland)
poľština noun (the language of Poland)

Slovene

2 entries

póljski adj (of Poland or its language)
póljščina noun (the language of Poland)

Spanish

4 entries

polaco adj (of Poland or its language)
polonés adj (of Poland or its language)
abrillantador noun (substance used to polish)
betún noun (substance used to polish)

Swahili

4 entries

Kipolandi adj (of Poland or its language)
Kipoli adj (of Poland or its language)
Kipolandi noun (the language of Poland)
Kipoli noun (the language of Poland)

Swedish

4 entries

polsk adj (of Poland or its language)
finess noun (cleanliness in performance or presentation)
glans noun (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess)
polermedel noun (substance used to polish)

Tagalog

1 entries

Polako adj (of Poland or its language)

Tajik

2 entries

лаҳистонӣ adj (of Poland or its language)
полякӣ adj (of Poland or its language)

Tamil

1 entries

போலிஷ் noun (the language of Poland)

Tatar

2 entries

поляк adj (of Poland or its language)
поляк noun (the language of Poland)

Thai

2 entries

โปแลนด์ adj (of Poland or its language)
ภาษาโปแลนด์ noun (the language of Poland)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ፖሊሽ noun (the language of Poland)

Tocharian B

1 entries

kānt verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Turkish

4 entries

Leh adj (of Poland or its language)
Polonyalı adj (of Poland or its language)
Lehçe noun (the language of Poland)
parlatma maddesi noun (substance used to polish)

Turkmen

1 entries

polýak adj (of Poland or its language)

Ukrainian

4 entries

по́льський adj (of Poland or its language)
по́льська noun (the language of Poland)
по́льська мо́ва noun (the language of Poland)
відполіро́вувати verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

pólski adj (of Poland or its language)
pólšćina noun (the language of Poland)

Urdu

2 entries

پولش adj (of Poland or its language)
پولستانی noun (the language of Poland)

Uyghur

2 entries

پولەك adj (of Poland or its language)
پولەكچە noun (the language of Poland)

Uzbek

2 entries

polyak adj (of Poland or its language)
polyakcha noun (the language of Poland)

Vietnamese

3 entries

Ba Lan adj (of Poland or its language)
tiếng Ba-lan noun (the language of Poland)
đánh bóng verb (make a surface smooth or shiny)

Walloon

1 entries

polonès noun (the language of Poland)

Welsh

2 entries

Pwylaidd adj (of Poland or its language)
Pwyleg noun (the language of Poland)

West-Frisian

1 entries

Poalsk noun (the language of Poland)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּויליש adj (of Poland or its language)

Zulu

1 entries

Isipholisha noun (the language of Poland)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Don't forget to polish your shoes before you go out!

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You should polish your shoes before you go to the party.

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They're only $50 with two cans of shoe polish free of charge.

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May I use the shoe polish?

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Polish

Synonyms for "polish" (258 found)

Closest matches (52)

Strong matches (77)

Related words (129)

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Albanian

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Armenian

Aromanian

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Azerbaijani

Basque

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Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Chechen

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Cornish

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dutch

East Central German

Esperanto

Estonian

Farefare

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kashubian

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

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Lao

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